Author: Elizabeth Blessing
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Treasury’s proposed rules would bar adults who lose Medicaid for missing its work requirement from Obamacare premium credits, with comments due November 30
Treasury and the IRS have proposed a rule that would cut off Affordable Care Act premium tax credits for adults who lose Medicaid because they did not meet the new Medicaid work requirement. Under the proposal, those months would not count as months in which a person could get the credit. Written comments on the…
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Disabled workers on Social Security get an estimated average $1,701 a month starting in January 2027, up from $1,642
The typical disabled worker collecting Social Security is on track for a higher monthly check in 2027. The estimated average for all disabled workers goes from $1,642 to $1,701 a month with January 2027 payments, a gain of $59 that comes from a 3.6% cost-of-living adjustment. The numbers come from the Social Security Administration’s 2027…
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Illinois and Iowa open heating aid to all income-eligible households November 1, after Illinois paid an average $676 to 360,500 homes last season
Heating help in Illinois and Iowa opens to every income-eligible household on November 1, a month after the first applications began for older adults and other priority groups. Illinois says its energy assistance program helped 360,500 households last season, with an average benefit of $676. The money comes from the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program,…
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Widowed mothers raising two children on Social Security get an estimated average $4,074 a month starting in January 2027, up from $3,932
Social Security’s own estimate shows what a widowed mother with two children can expect when the 2027 cost-of-living raise lands. The average monthly benefit for that family is projected at $4,074 in January 2027, up from $3,932 today. The difference is $142 a month, which matches the 3.6% increase announced this week. The figures come…
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Single Medicare enrollees earning up to $1,350 a month with savings under $9,950 can get their full $202.90 Part B premium paid through a Medicare Savings Program in 2026
A single Medicare enrollee with income of $1,350 a month or less and savings under $9,950 can have the entire Part B premium paid by the state. In 2026 that premium is $202.90 a month, which adds up to $2,434.80 over a year for someone who pays it out of a Social Security check. The…
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Food stamp households with someone 60 or older or disabled skip SNAP’s gross income test and only need net income under $1,804 a month for a couple
Households on food stamps, officially the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, get an easier income test when someone in the home is 60 or older or has a disability. Those households skip the gross income test altogether and only have to come in under the net income limit, which is $1,804 a month for…
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Social Security’s estimated average check for a disabled worker with a spouse and children rises to $3,077 a month in January 2027, from $2,970
Families who receive Social Security on a disabled worker’s record, a spouse and children included, are set to see the estimated average monthly benefit climb from $2,970 to $3,077 starting with January 2027 payments. That is an average gain of $107 a month, and it comes from the annual cost-of-living adjustment. The figures appear in…
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Food stamp recipients 55 to 64 without a child under 14 must log 80 work hours a month, unless exempt, or lose SNAP after three months in three years
Older adults on food stamps now face a work clock that used to stop at age 54. Since the summer of 2025, SNAP recipients from 55 through 64 who have no child under 14 at home have to log 80 hours of work, training or volunteering a month. Those who do not can lose their…
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Trump’s promise of no tax on Social Security became a $6,000 deduction for people 65 and older, and the IRS says it starts shrinking once income tops $75,000 for single filers
The 2025 tax law that the White House calls “no tax on Social Security” does not exempt Social Security benefits from tax. What it created is an extra $6,000 deduction for each person 65 or older, and the IRS says that deduction starts shrinking once income tops $75,000 for single filers. For married couples filing…
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IRS delays tax deadlines into 2027 for Florida, Washington, Nebraska and Guam disaster areas
Which tax deadline applies to a taxpayer in a disaster area this fall depends on the disaster, not the state. The IRS has now pushed filing and payment deadlines into 2027 for four areas: Knox County, Nebraska, to January 7; six Washington counties and three tribes to February 1; Guam to February 4; and 27…